Alabama

Gun reform: now is time for action (Your view)

I feel that there is a strong need for gun reform legislation. If the goal is the physical protection of as many citizens as possible, it would seem to be a common sense measure to reform our laws and regulations to make gun violence more difficult. We have laws related to driving, food safety, air regulation and more to safeguard the public. Why not have gun reform legislation?

The laws should take several aspects:· No automatic weapons sold to the general public – who needs such weapons other than the military & police?· No magazines with a capacity over 10 rounds should be sold – again, unless you are in the armed services or police force, no civilian needs to fire 20 or 30 rounds without reloading.· Background checks on ALL guns sold – regardless of the sale location. Remove all loopholes.· Ideally the background checks would include mental health identification which would go, hopefully, hand-in-hand with a mental health facility overhaul.· Put in place an ATF (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms) Director to manage enforcement.· End the ban on the CDC’s analysis of gun violence.

No set of laws will solve all the problems. However, most of us want immediate pragmatic action and now is the time to make our country a safer one!